Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ’Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Shahīd Ṣadūqī Yazd (Jun 2014)

Two Case Reports of Rare Brucellosis Complications in Two Different Ranges of Age

  • MR Nazer,
  • Sh Salarvand,
  • Sh Shokri Drikvand

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 2
pp. 1153 – 1158

Abstract

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Brucellosis is a zoonosis disease, which is endemic in Iran. One of the provinces with high prevalence of this disease is Lorestan province. Osteoarticular involvement is the most common complication of Brucellosis. In a review of related studies, cellulitis-osteomyelitis and avascular necrosis have been reported scarcely as Brucellosis complications which are described in these two cases involving a 10-year as well as a middle-aged patient.